newb questions

[zeik]

i havent been able to play project 99 yet because i havent been home to collect my titanium CD's yet. excited to play i have however looked up videos on youtube of classing everquest. and it brought up a question for me..
particle effects, original?
do their intensity increase as you level? and at the same intervals that they used to?
i have heard leveling is alot slower, is there hell levels again?
are they the same levels?
are the classic lowbie quests (ie, kaladim bone chip and CB belt) still yielding awesome exp.
i see item being sold on the forum's for what seems to be A LOT of PP, is the server flooded with PP? is it easier to collect? or are things just THAT hard to come by now that people can charge that price for them. any and all answers would be awesome...

and in the event that i overlooked a thread that describes in a little more detail how original the developers have been able to get. i would appreciate a link to that section